Monthly Archives: October 2020
I Need to Clone Myself
This last weekend my wife and I watched an older movie from 1996 called Multiplicity. In the movie, Doug Kinney, played by Michael Keaton, is a busy workaholic construction foreman struggling to make time for his family and his demanding job. When a scientist offers to clone him, Doug accepts the offer and spawns a... Read More
Finding the Home Is the Easy Part
I recently met with a seller who was attempting to sell his own home “for-sale-by-owner.” He told me, “The buyer can find their own home now because they have so many online websites to search through, so the real estate agent really isn’t needed.” I had to pause and regret the mistake many of us... Read More
For Better or For Worse
One week ago, my wife Elaine, had her second shoulder surgery of 2020. The first one was in February right before the entire world shut down because of COVID. I don’t think her rotator cuff could have waited any longer and we were lucky to have gotten her in under the wire because many people... Read More
The Rising Cost of Building a Home in Kansas City
The Commerce Department reported last week that sales of newly-built single-family homes in August reached their fastest pace since September 2006. They also mentioned another real estate landmark: new construction just topped 1 million sales. That marks a 43% jump when compared to last year. “Already, more new homes have sold in 2020 than did... Read More